Beetham Gardens resident Richard “Snake” Marcelle, who shot to prominence last month after kicking flood water on to Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds, was charged today for “assault by beating and use of obscene language” against the Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General. The Police Communications Department confirmed …
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Latapy-George: DJW ordered me to keep VP’s resignation secret from the TTFA board
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general secretary Justin Latapy-George confirmed that vice-president Joanne Salazar quit the local football body almost two weeks ago and that president David John-Williams instructed him to hide it from the board. And, more pertinently, Latapy-George admitted that Salazar was not a board member when …
Read More »MOWT: Light vehicles can use PBR between Mt Hope and POS
The Ministry of Works and Transport wishes to advise the general public of the partial opening of the Priority Bus Route (PBR) to light vehicles ONLY between the intersections of Abattoir Road, Port of Spain and the Mount Hope intersection, until further notice. This has become necessary due to roadworks …
Read More »Dear Editor: Oil and gas is “a waste of the future generation’s patrimony”
“This notion that ‘we have oil’ is a gross misrepresentation of what it cost to get a bbl of oil out of the ground to the point of sale—not to mention that the price you see quoted via international media is not what our oil sells for…” The following Letter …
Read More »TTFA voting scandal! Salazar reveals she quit a week before DJW allegedly counted her vote to appoint Cooper
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams was dealt another blow last night as vice-president Joanne Salazar announced that she quit her post due to unexplained “personal reasons.” Remarkably, Salazar said her resignation was effective on 11 September 2018. “Goodnight Board Members, I am writing to inform you …
Read More »TTFA board still to rule on Cooper appointment; Waldrum, Hood declare coaching interest
The Women Soca Warriors were promised the necessary funding for their upcoming Concacaf Championships in the United States by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. But the matter of their technical staff for the competition remains a contentious issue. On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David …
Read More »Baldeosingh: T&T intolerance of same sex unions runs deeper than suggested by MFO poll
“[…] 77 percent of young persons were opposed to homosexuals having the same legal rights as heterosexuals, as were 66 percent of people with a university-level education. “Thus, it is misleading to say that younger educated people are more tolerant than older less educated ones—the more accurate phrasing would be …
Read More »SSFL 18: Riley strikes again as “Pres Lions” keep 100% record with win over Caps
Defending Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) champions Presentation College (San Fernando) continued their 100% start to the Premier Division campaign as they defeated Carapichaima East Secondary 3-1 on a heavy Guaracara Park outfield in Pointe-à-Pierre this afternoon. Pretty football was never going to be the order of the day, after …
Read More »Gibbings: Rebirthing cricket and regionalism; how the CPL has superseded West Indies cricket
“Fast forward to the equally radical CWI-sanctioned CPL T20 league and its recalibrating of the traditional model of country representation, through a process of team ‘franchising’. “This is Stanford on steroids—national flags; but this time with juggled regional and international names attached.” Regional columnist Wesley Gibbings shares with Wired868 readers …
Read More »Media Monitor: Does moving T’dad Express editorial finger find sport nothing to write home about?
Yesterday’s Express leader, headlined “Victory for all,” purports to be a celebration of the recapture of the CPL title by the Trinbago Knight Riders on Sunday evening. However, if editorials can be viewed as the equivalent of Test matches, I submit, then this one was a T20-type effort, a brief, …
Read More »SSFL 18: ‘Pres’ host Carapichaima East at Guaracara; today’s Premier fixtures
Presentation College (San Fernando), the defending Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions, will host Carapichaima East at Guaracara Park today from 3:40pm—rather than at their school ground as previously announced. The ‘Pres Lions’ are coming off a 3-1 win over Trinity College (Moka) on Saturday at the Mannie …
Read More »Cudjoe: Embarrassment could have been avoided; Govt provides 100% funding to Women Warriors
The Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs agreed to fund 100 percent of the expenses for the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team, as they prepare for the Concacaf Women’s Championship, which kicks off in North Carolina on 4 October 2018. The government’s decision—which is worth TT$430,000—was relayed to …
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